My Husband Left Me for My Younger Self
On my thirty-eighth birthday, my husband, Hugh Shaw, nearly forty, found the love of his life.
He asked me for a divorce.
"Mina’s only twenty. She’s sweet and kind, while you’re old and boring."
I nodded at my own reflection, looking worn and lifeless.
That explained Hugh’s strange behavior lately.
He’d started caring about his appearance.
He never left the house without putting on cologne, and he bought a bouquet of flowers every day.
No matter how busy he was, the first thing he did when he got home was work out at the gym.
Before the divorce, Hugh asked me, "Maya, you’ve been a housewife for seven years. Can you really bring yourself to divorce me? Don’t come crying to me later!"
I smiled